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Sunday, February 19, 2017

There are all
kinds of people in the world. There are those who need to be the center of
attention, wanting to be admired and they’ll do anything, as long as there is
someone to talk about them and their achievements. But there are also those
people, who move through life silently, and many
times they end up falling between the cracks.

There’s a
place for those people, just under the streets of London, and you can’t even dream
of it. But Neil Gaiman has, and that’s a book it worth to be read.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

There are those
moments when time stops. It slows down and I feel every second passing by, as if
in slow motion. Those times life is sinking slowly into my brain, getting
deeper through the layers of tissue and nerves, writing down my emotions and
feelings like a good old secretary, so none of it will ever be forgotten.

Those are the moments
that life transforms; it changes and becomes a memory.

About me

Hey, I'm Athina. I love to read and I have a special love for writing. I've written many short stories, two adventure-mystery novels (one in progress), two YA urban fantasy and I keep writing my way through life. I can't help it!
Besides reading and writing I love watching series, like The Walking Dead, Vampire diaries and Game of Thrones. I love long walks on the beach, swimming and hanging out with friends.
Well…that’s me and I believe we have a long way ahead of us.

Dark Places

I have meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. It’s the Day blood. Something’s wrong with it.

How awesome are these opening lines? How can you not want to read this book and this story? When I started reading it, I thought: Okay, it can’t be better than Sharp Objects. Now, I can’t pick a favorite between the two books.

The book is written in multiple POV’s so we get a very good understanding about each character. We start with Libby and even from the start the pace is fast and right to the point. What I didn’t know but I was thrilled to find out, is that we see both future and past. Meaning that one chapter is about Libby in the present, and the next chapter is about her mom, or her brother back in 1985 a few days before the murders. It’s like this until the end. Present, Past, Present and it goes on.

Switching through time builds tension and as the developments unfold, I found myself looking forward for the next chapter, eager to know what happened in January or curious about Libby’s doings today.

Lies, false testimonies, crappy police work and complicated characters. Gillian Flynn ties them all together, leading you to a journey to Libby’s painful past and the ore painful present.

Dark Places is one of those books I wish I could forget, so I could read it all over again. Just to feel the same thrill and excitement of reading it for the first time.